EP1069693B1 - Vorrichtung zum Reduzieren von Rauschen - Google Patents

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EP1069693B1
EP1069693B1 EP00305982A EP00305982A EP1069693B1 EP 1069693 B1 EP1069693 B1 EP 1069693B1 EP 00305982 A EP00305982 A EP 00305982A EP 00305982 A EP00305982 A EP 00305982A EP 1069693 B1 EP1069693 B1 EP 1069693B1
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Masahiro Mitsubishi Denki K.K. Tsujishita
Masayuki Mitsubishi Denki K.K. Tsuji
Kenichi Mitsubishi Denki K.K. Taura
Masayuki Mitsubishi Denki K.K. Ishida
Eizi Mitsubishi Denki K.K. Asano
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  • the present invention relates to a noise reduction apparatus at the time of an audio signal receiving, and more specifically to a noise reduction apparatus used for, for example, a car radio in which a pulsive noise is easily mixed, and to an audio output apparatus.
  • various pulsive electromagnetic noises such as an ignition noise, or mirror noise
  • these pulsive noises mix into a reception antenna connected to a car radio inside the car, it is ordinarily often experienced that the pulsive noise is generated in an output audio signal, therefore, generally for the car radio, the noise reduction apparatus to remove the pulsive noise is used.
  • Fig. 8 is a block diagram of the conventional (pulsive) noise reduction apparatus disclosed in, for example, JP-A-63-87026.
  • a detection signal outputted from an FM detection circuit 1 is supplied to a delay circuit 2 composed of a LPF (low pass filter) and delayed, and the output of the delay circuit 2 is supplied to a stereo demodulation circuit 5 through a gate circuit 3, and a level hold circuit 4.
  • the detection signal is supplied to a HPF (high pass filter) 6, and a noise component signal passed through the HPF 6 is amplified by a noise amplifier 7, and supplied to a noise detection circuit 8.
  • the noise detection circuit 8 is composed of a rectifier circuit to rectify the output signal of the noise amplifier 7, and a noise detection output is obtained thereby.
  • This noise detection output is supplied to a waveform shaping circuit 9 and an integration circuit 10.
  • a noise detection means 11 is structured by including the HPF 6, noise amplifier 7, noise detection circuit 8, waveform shaping circuit 9 and integration circuit 10.
  • the waveform shaping circuit 9 transforms the noise detection output into a pulse having a pulse width of a predetermined time period width, and supplied to the gate circuit 3.
  • the gate circuit 3 is driven by a pulse supplied from the waveform shaping circuit 9 to the gate circuit 3 and comes to a signal cut out condition, and at the time of the signal cut out condition, a delay output level before the signal cut out is held by the level hold circuit 4, and supplied to the stereo demodulation circuit 5.
  • the generation of a spike noise by the sudden change of the potential of the demodulation signal due to the pulsive noise is prevented.
  • the gate circuit 3 and the level hold circuit 4 become the signal through condition (through).
  • the integration circuit 10 smoothes the noise detection output and obtains a DC signal corresponding to the noise level, and supplies the output of the integration circuit 10 to the noise amplifier 7 (feedback), and thereby, an AGC loop is formed.
  • the delay circuit 2 is provided to make up for a time period from the time when the pulsive noise is supplied to the HPF 6 to the time when the gate circuit 3 is made to be in the cut out condition.
  • the Lch (left channel) signal and Rch (right channel) signal are inputted in the form which is balancedly modulated with the frequency of 38 kHz around (Lch + Rch) /2, the LCh signal and the Rch signal can be separately picked out by the time division with, for example, 38 kHz.
  • Fig. 10A a waveform in the case where a correction error in which a low frequency signal is corrected to a correction period, becomes maximum, is shown.
  • ⁇ mark is a value in which ⁇ mark is corrected, and the difference between ⁇ mark and ⁇ mark shows the correction error.
  • Fig. 10B a waveform when a high freqency signal is corrected to a correction period, is shown.
  • O mark shows a value in which ⁇ mark is corrected.
  • the difference between ⁇ mark and ⁇ mark shows the correction error.
  • Fig. 10B when each of correction errors is observed, Fig. 10B is larger. That is, it is found that the relative relationship of the time width of the frequency to the correction period is very important, and even when a signal of a high frequency component is corrected, the error is large. Accordingly, even when the correction is conducted on the signal of the high frequency component, the correction error is heard as a noise.
  • the pulse width of the pulsive noise is several tens ⁇ s to several hundreds ⁇ s
  • a composite signal has, as shown in Fig. 9, a component which is balancedly modulated with 38 kHz, and because the period of the signal is shorter than that of the pulsive noise, the correction error as shown in Fig. 10B, is generated.
  • the pulsive noise can be generated in a time period of ta of the demodulated signal in the FM demodulator 1.
  • a value of A is held in a period of ta in the level hold circuit 4.
  • the Lch is held at the level of the Lch, the Lch after the stereo demodulation can be exactly corrected, however, the Rch is held at the level of the Lch, when the difference between the Rch and Lch is large, the large correction noise is generated.
  • EP-A-0 629 054 discloses a noise suppressor which operates by finding the sum and difference of two input signals, suppressing the noise in the generated difference signal and separating the signal in correspondence with the input signals, according to the difference and the sum signals.
  • US 4 574 390 discloses an impulse noise reduction circuit for FM receivers.
  • a signal is derived from the outputs of the first and second sample-and-hold means which indicates the slope ratio of the demodulated signal at the moment immediately prior to the impulse noise, the slope ratio signal is applied to a linear integrator to generate a compensating voltage which is summed with the signal sampled by the first sample-and-hold means and maintained at the level which occured immediately prior to the occurence of the noise.
  • a noise reduction apparatus is provided with: a noise detection means for detecting a noise included in a demodulated audio signal; the first correction means for correcting the noise according to a signal value existing just before and just after a predetermined period including a generation time point of the noise in the demodulated audio signal which is detected by the noise detection means; the second correction means for correcting the noise according to a plurality of signal values respectively existing before and after the predetermined period including the generation time point of the noise in the demodulated audio signal which is detected by the noise detection means; a high band level detection means for detecting the level of a high band component of the audio signal; and a selection means for selecting either one of the first or the second correction means according to the output of the high band level detection means.
  • the noise reduction apparatus may be structured such that the first correction means outputs a low pass filter output of a signal value obtained from a linear interpolation of 2 signal values existing just before and just after a predetermined period including a generation time point of the noise.
  • the noise reduction apparatus may be structured such that the second correction means outputs a low pass filter output of the signal value obtained from the linear interpolation of 2 average signal values obtained by averaging a plurality of signal values existing before and after a predetermined period including the generation time point of the noise, corresponding to each of before and after the generation of the noise.
  • the noise reduction apparatus may be structured such that a level detection means for detecting the whole band level in the demodulated audio signal is further provided, and a selection means is operated according to a relationship between a ratio of the level output of a high band level detection means to the level output of the level detection means, -and a predetermined value.
  • the noise reduction apparatus may be structured such that the detection sensitivity of the noise detection means is changeable corresponding to the output level of the high band level detection means.
  • the noise reduction apparatus may be structured such that the selection means is operated according to the level of an addition signal and the level of a subtraction signal between the right channel signal and the left channel signal constituting the audio signal.
  • An audio output apparatus is provided with the noise reduction apparatus discussed above.
  • An embodiment having the structure by which a great effect can be displayed for the noise reduction, when being applied for, for example, a car audio device such as a car radio, an audio output apparatus such as a car video device of a car mounting type television, or an image sound apparatus including this audio output apparatus, will be described below.
  • Fig. 1 is a block structural diagram of a noise reduction apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • Numeral 1000 is an FM demodulation means for demodulating an FM signal from a received broadcasting wave
  • numeral 5 is a stereo demodulation means
  • numeral 12 is an intermediate and low band correction means for intermediate and low band signals of an Rch of the stereo demodulation means
  • numeral 13 is a high band correction means for a high band signal of the Rch of the stereo demodulation means
  • numeral 21 is a switch for switching output signals of the high band correction means 13 and intermediate and low band correction means 12
  • numeral 14 is an intermediate and low band correction means for intermediate and low band signals of an Lch of the stereo demodulation means 5 (herein, the intermediate and low band correction means 12 and 14 are the first correction means provided respectively corresponding to the Rch and Lch).
  • Numeral 15 is a high band correction means for the high band signal of the Lch of the stereo demodulation means
  • numeral 22 is a switch for switching the outputs of the high band correction means 15 and the intermediate and low band correction means 14
  • numeral 16 is a level detection means for detecting the level (envelope) of the output signal of the switch 21
  • numeral 17 is a high band level detection means for detecting the high band component of the output signal of the switch 21, (herein, the high band correction means 13 and 15 are the second correction means provided respectively corresponding to the Rch and Lch).
  • Numeral 18 is a level detection means for detecting the level of the output signal of the switch 22
  • numeral 19 is a high band level detection means for detecting the high band component of the output signal of the switch
  • numeral 200 is a selection means for controlling the switch 21 corresponding to each output level of the level detection means 16 and the high band level detection means 17
  • numeral 201 is a selection means for controlling the switch 22 corresponding to each output level of the level detection means 18 and the high band level detection means 19.
  • the broadcasting signal received by the attached antenna enters into the FM demodulator 1000, and the FM demodulation signal is outputted by the FM demodulator 1000.
  • This FM demodulation signal is inputted into the respective stereo demodulation circuit 5 and noise detection means 110, and the following processing, which will be detailed below, is conducted.
  • the noise detection means 110 detects the pulsive noise, for example, in the same manner as in the noise detection means 11 in the conventional apparatus.
  • a gate signal of the high level (H level) is outputted, in the period in which the pulsive noise is detected
  • the gate signal of the low level (L level) is outputted, in the period in which the pulsive noise is not detected, and these gate signal outputs are inputted into the high band correction means 13, intermediate and low band correction means 12, the high band correction means 15, and intermediate and low band correction means 14.
  • each of correction means 12 - 15 corrects the input signal (the output from the stereo demodulation means 5) in the period in which the gate signal is the H level, and the input signal is outputted as it is, in the period of the L level.
  • the intermediate and low band correction means 12 and 14 linear interpolate (the signal outputted by the linear interpolation is called the correction signal) the signal in the period in which the noise is generated, by using the values before and after the correction period.
  • the correction signal is outputted through the low pass filter.
  • ⁇ mark shows the level to be originally obtained when the noise is not generated, and in this example, it corresponds to a point at which the correction error becomes the maximum, and ⁇ mark shows the correction value (the correction value by the intermediate and low band correction means 12).
  • Fig. 2A shows a case where the wavelength of the output signal of the stereo demodulation means 5 is long to the correction period (that is, the frequency is low to the correction period), and the level difference (differential value)between ⁇ mark and ⁇ mark is small, the error by the correction is very small or slight to the amplitude of the signal waveform.
  • the correction signal for correcting the noise according to the signal values which exist just before and just after a predetermined period including the generation time point of the noise is outputted (in the first correction means in the description of each embodiment below, the same operation is conducted except for the specific exception).
  • Fig. 2B shows a case where the wavelength of the output signal of the stereo demodulation means 5 is short to the correction period (that is, the frequency is high to the correction period), and the level difference (differential value)between ⁇ mark and ⁇ mark is large, and the error by the correction is large to the amplitude of the signal waveform.
  • the high band correction means 13 and 15 conduct the averaging processing before and after the correction period, ( ⁇ mark is the average value in the average period), and by using these two average values (the average signal value as the correction signal), the linear interpolation is conducted. Incidentally, this correction signal (average signal value) is outputted through the low pass filter.
  • the average period herein means a predetermined period before and after the noise period, and the average value of the signal level in the period is obtained according to a plurality of signal values included in the period.
  • Fig. 2A shows a case where the wavelength of the output signal of the stereo demodulation means 5 is long to the correction period (that is, the frequency is low to the correction period), and in the level difference from ⁇ mark, ⁇ mark is smaller than ⁇ mark.
  • Fig. 2A shows a case where the wavelength of the output signal of the stereo demodulation means 5 is short to the correction period (that is, the frequency is high to the correction period), and in the level difference from ⁇ mark, ⁇ mark is smaller than ⁇ mark.
  • the correction (interpolation processing) is conducted by using the intermediate and low band correction means 12 and 14, and when the wavelength of the signal waveform is short to the correction period (that is, the frequency of the signal waveform is high to the correction period), the correction (interpolation processing) is conducted by using the high band correction means 13 and 15.
  • the correction signal for correcting the noise according to a plurality of signal values which exist just after a predetermined period including the generation time point of the noise is outputted (in the second correction means in the description of each embodiment below, the same operation is conducted except for the specific exception).
  • the level detection means 16 the level of the signal corrected by using the high band correction means 12 or the intermediate and low band correction means 13, is detected (envelope detection).
  • the level detection means 16 in this case can be realized by adopting the structure, for example, as in Fig. 3A.
  • the DC component is not included in the output of the switch 21.
  • numeral 23 is an absolute value circuit
  • numeral 24 is a low pass filter (LPF).
  • LPF 24 is a low pass filter
  • the level detector 18, for the high band correction means 15 or the intermediate and low band correction means 14 and the switch 22, the structure to which the Rch corresponds, is respectively adopted, and for also the structure of the level detector 18, the same structure as shown in Fig. 3A is adopted, and its operation is also the same.
  • the high band level detection means will be described (hereinafter, for simple understanding, initially, the structure according to the series of Rch will be described) .
  • the high band level detection means 17 detects the level of the signal which is corrected by using the high band correction means 12 and intermediate and low band correction means 13 (envelope detection).
  • the high band level detection means 17 in this case can be realized by adopting the structure, for example, as shown in Fig. 3B.
  • a DC component is not included in the output of the switch 21.
  • numeral 25 is a high pass filter (HPF)
  • numeral 26 is an absolute value circuit
  • numeral 27 is a low pass filter (LPF) . Initially, in the HPF 25, the low band component of the output signal outputted from the switch 21 is removed, and the high band component is obtained.
  • HPF high pass filter
  • LPF low pass filter
  • the absolute value circuit 26 the absolute value of the output signal of the HPF 25 is obtained.
  • the high band component is removed by the LPF 27.
  • the output signal of the LPF 27 is outputted as an envelope of the high band component of the signal outputted from the switch 21.
  • the structure to which the Rch corresponds is respectively adopted, and for also the structure of the high band level detector 19, the same structure as shown in Fig. 3B is adopted, and its operation is also the same.
  • the output signal VH form the high band level detection means 17 and the output signal VA from the level detection means 16 are inputted.
  • the selection means 200 connect the output side of the Rch to the intermediate and low band correction means 12 by the switch 21, or the selection means 201 connects the output side of the Lch to the intermediate and low band correction means 14 by the switch 22.
  • the selection means 200 connect the output side of the Rch to the high band correction means 13 by the switch 21, or the selection means 201 connects the output side of the Lch to the high band correction means 15 by the switch 22.
  • the correction means is selected corresponding to the result of the comparison of the ratio of the level VH of the high band component (the envelope of the high band component) in the FM stereo demodulation signal to the level VA of the whole band (the envelope of the whole band), with the predetermined value, the correction error can be decreased.
  • the above described these processing may also be conducted by the digital signal processing by using the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) after the output signal of the FM detection circuit 1000 is A/D converted (Analog to Digital conversion).
  • DSP Digital Signal Processor
  • the processing for the correction may be neglected.
  • the HPF 25 shown in Fig. 3 may be used as the high band level detection means 17 or 19 because, in the stereo demodulated signal, for example, the component higher than 15 kHz is basically unused. Therefore the BPF by which the component higher than 15 kHz can be removed, may be used.
  • the signal in the noise period is linearly interpolated. As the signal passes through the LPF, and after the high band component of the correction error is suppressed, it may be replaced with the signal (noise) in the noise period.
  • an input signal of the high band correction means 13 and 15 is input into an LPF, and holds an output signal level of LPF immediately before a pulse noise generation so as to correct.
  • the operation of the selection means is determined according to the relationship between the rate (VH/VA) of the VH (the level output of the high band level detection means) to the VA (the level output of the level detection means), and a predetermined value, however, when the signal level of the VH is not extremely large, it is needless to explain that the operation of the selection means may be determined according to the relationship between only the VH and the predetermined value.
  • Fig. 4 is a block structural diagram of the noise reduction apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • Numeral 5 is a stereo demodulation means
  • numeral 12 is an intermediate and low band correction means for conducting the correction on the intermediate and low band signal of the Rch of the stereo demodulation means
  • numeral 13 is a high band correction means for conducting the correction on the high band signal of the Rch of the stereo demodulation means 5.
  • Numeral 21 is a switch to switch the output signals of the high band correction means 13 and intermediate and low band correction means 12
  • numeral 14 is an intermediate and low band correction means for an intermediate and low band signal of the Lch of the stereo demodulation means 5
  • numeral 15 is a high band correction means for a high band signal of the Lch of the stereo demodulation means 5.
  • Numeral 22 is a switch to switch the output signals of the high band correction means 15 and intermediate and low band correction means 14, numeral 16 is a level detection means of the output signal of the switch 21, and numeral 17 is a high band level detection means for detecting the high band component of the output signal of the switch 21.
  • Numeral 18 is a level detection means for detecting the level of the output signal of the switch 22, and numeral 19 is a high band level detection means for detecting the high band component of the output signal of the switch 22.
  • Numeral 28 is a selection means for controlling the switches 21 and 22 corresponding to each output level of the high band level detection means 17 and 19, and the level detection means 16 and 18, and numeral 111 is a noise-detection means for adjusting the sensitivity of the noise detection corresponding to the output from the high band level detection means 17 and 19.
  • a small pulsive noise is corrected.
  • a noise having the amplitude up to 50 % of the amplitude level of the signal waveform is called a small pulsive noise.
  • Fig. 5A shows an example of a waveform before the small pulsive noise is corrected
  • Fig. 5B shows an example of a waveform after the small pulsive noise is corrected.
  • the level difference (error) is larger in the waveform after the correction than in the waveform before correction (the waveform largely deforms from the original signal waveform.
  • the waveform is largely deformed in the portion which is corrected from the original sinusoidal wave), there is a case where the noise is rather larger by the correction.
  • the high frequency signal is corrected, because the correction error becomes large, this tendency becomes large.
  • FIG. 6 An example of the detection means 111 by which the above operations can re realized, is shown in Fig. 6.
  • the operations of the HPF 6, noise amplifier 7, waveform shaping circuit 9, and integration circuit 10, which are shown in Fig. 6, are the same as the operations in the conventional apparatus.
  • the output of the integration circuit 10 and the outputs of the high band level detection means 17 and 19, are given weight through a weight section 29 and a weight section 30 (a coefficient is respectively multiplied, of course, a case where the coefficient is 1, is included), and after that, each output is added, and the addition result is inputted into the noise amplifier 7 as the control signal.
  • the gain of the noise amplifier 7 in the case where the outputs of the high band level detection means 17 and 19 are 0, acts so that the average level of the output signal of the noise detection circuit 8 is kept constant.
  • the average level of the output signal of the noise detection circuit 8 is smaller than the threshold value of the waveform shaping circuit 9.
  • the gain of the noise amplifier 7 does not change, when the pulsive noise is added to the noise amplifier 7, the output of the noise-detection circuit 8 is larger than the threshold value of the waveform shaping circuit 9, and the waveform shaping circuit 9 outputs the H level and the pulsive noise is detected.
  • the pulsive noise smaller than the difference between the average value of the output of the noise detection circuit 8 and the threshold value of the waveform shaping circuit 9 is generated, it is not detected. Accordingly, when up to the small pulsive noise is detected, the difference between the average value of the output of the noise detection circuit 8 and the threshold value of the waveform shaping circuit 9 is made small, and when the small pulsive noise is not detected, the difference between the average value of the output of the noise detection circuit 8 and the threshold value of the waveform shaping circuit 9 may be made large.
  • the average value of the output signal of the noise detection circuit 8 becomes small, and because the difference to the threshold value of the waveform shaping circuit 9 becomes large, the small pulsive noise is not detected.
  • the detection sensitivity of the pulsive noise is lowered (that is, the detection sensitivity is changeable corresponding to the output level of the high band level detection means), the correction error due to the correction of the small pulsive noise is decreased.
  • these processing may A/D convert the output signal of the FM detection circuit 1000, and the processing after that may be conducted by using the digital signal processing technique such as the DSP.
  • the processing for the correction in the correction means which is not selected can be neglected.
  • Fig. 7 is a block structural diagram of the noise reduction apparatus of the third embodiment of the present invention.
  • numeral 112 is a noise detection means for detecting the pulsive noise from the output of the FM detection circuit 1
  • numeral 120 is an intermediate and low band correction means for conducting the correction on the intermediate and low band signals when there are many intermediate and low band components
  • numeral 130 is a high band correction means for conducting the correction on the high band signals when there are many high band components
  • numeral 21 is a switch to switch the outputs of the intermediate and low band correction means 120 and the high band correction means 130.
  • Numeral 5 is a stereo demodulation means connected to the output signal of the switch 21, numeral 160 is a level detection means for detecting the level of the Lch signal of the stereo demodulation means 5, numeral 170 is a high band level detection means for detecting the high band signal level in the Lch signals of the stereo demodulation means 5, and numeral 180 is a level detection means for detecting the signal level of the Rch signal of the stereo demodulation means 5.
  • Numeral 190 is a high band level detection means for detecting the high band signal level in the Rch signal of the stereo demodulation means
  • numeral 300 is an L - R level detection means for detecting the level of the L - R component which is the difference between the signal level of the Lch signal and the signal level of the Rch signal (the level of the subtraction signal. incidentally, R - L component may be allowable)
  • numeral 301 is an L + R level detection means for detecting the level of the L + R component which is the sum of the signal level of the Lch signal and the signal level of the Rch signal (the level of the addition signal).
  • Numeral 400 is a selection means for switching the switch 21 corresponding to each of outputs of the level detection means 160 and 180, high band detection means 170 and 190, and L - R level detection means 300.
  • the noise detection means 112 detects the pulsive noise, for example, in the same manner as the detection means 11 in the conventional apparatus.
  • the output signal of the noise detection means 112 outputs the high level (H level) in the period in which the pulsive noise is detected, and the low level (L level) in the period in which the pulsive noise is not detected, and it is inputted into the high band correction means 130 and the intermediate and low band correction means 120.
  • the correction means 120 and 130 correct the signals in the period in which the gate signal is the H level.
  • the output signal to be corrected of the FM detection circuit 1 is composed of the L + R component of 0 to 15 kHz, L - R component which is AM modulated with 38 kHz in the band of 23 to 53 kHz, and the pilot signal of 19 kHz.
  • the correction corresponding to the pulsive noise with the width of several tens ⁇ s is conducted, there is also a case in which the pulsive noises of several wavelengths exist in the correction period, and when the pre-value holding, or linear interpolation is simply conducted, there is a case in which the correction error rather becomes large.
  • the high band correction means 130 is used, and the error due to the correction is made small.
  • the correction error can be made small.
  • the selection means 400 operates in such a manner that the switch 21 is connected to the intermediate and low band correction means 120.
  • the output signal of the L - R level detection means 300 is obtained from the output in which , for example, the absolute value of the difference between the stereo demodulated Lch and Rch is inputted into the LPF.
  • the output signal of the L + R level detection means 301 is obtained from the output of the LPF in which , for example, the absolute value of the sum of the Lch signal and Rch signal which are FM demodulated into the stereo, is an input.
  • the above described these processing may be conducted as follows: the output signal of the FM detection circuit 1 is A/D converted, and the subsequent processing is conducted by using the digital signal processing technique such as the DSP.
  • the processing is conducted on the signal after the stereo FM demodulation, and the processed signal is inputted into the selection means 400, however, the signal level of the high band in the composite signal in which the output signal of the switch 21 is corrected, is detected, and when it is small, because the L - R component is small, and further, the high band component of the signal which is FM demodulated into the stereo is also small, the switch 21 may be connected to the intermediate and low band correction means 120.
  • the apparatus is provided with: a noise detection means for detecting a noise included in a demodulated audio signal; the first correction means for outputting a correction signal for correcting the noise according to a signal value existing just before and just after a predetermined period including a generation time point of the noise in the demodulated audio signal which is detected by the noise detection means; the second correction means for outputting the correction signal for correcting the noise according to a plurality of signal values respectively existing before and after the predetermined period including the generation time point of the noise in the demodulated audio signal which is detected by the noise detection means; a high band level detection means for detecting the level of a high band component of the audio signal; and a selection means for selecting either one of the first or the second correction means according to the output of the high band level detection means, thereby, even when the high frequency components are included in the audio signal, the high frequency components are detected, and when the rate of the high frequency components is large, because the correction in which the error is few to
  • the first correction means is structured such that it outputs a low pass filter output of a signal value obtained from a linear interpolation of 2 signal values existing just before and just after a predetermined period including a generation time point of the noise, as a correction signal, thereby, the correction error when the rate of the low frequency components is large, can be decreased.
  • the second correction means is structured such that it outputs a low pass filter output of the signal value obtained from the linear interpolation of 2 average signal values obtained by averaging a plurality of signal values existing before and after a predetermined period including the generation time point of the noise, corresponding to each of before and after of the generation of the noise, as the correction signal, thereby, the signal correction when the rate of the high frequency components is large, can be accurately corrected, and the correction error can be decreased.
  • the apparatus is structured such that a level detection means for detecting the whole band in the demodulated audio signal is further provided, and a selection means is operated according to a relationship between a ratio of the level output of a high band level detection means to the level output of the level detection means, and a predetermined value, thereby, even when the output from the high band level detection means is large, the noise can be surely caught.
  • the noise detection means is structured such that the detection sensitivity of the noise detection means is changeable corresponding to the output level of the high band level detection means, thereby, the generation of large error due to the correction in the case where the low level noise is included, can be prevented.
  • the apparatus is structured such that the selection means is operated according to the level of an addition signal and the level of a subtraction signal between the right channel signal and the left channel signal constituting the audio signal, thereby, the correction suited to the received signal can be conducted.
  • an audio output apparatus because the apparatus is provided with the noise reduction apparatus described above, the audio output apparatus by which, even when the noise is included, the optimum correction to the noise is conducted, and the high quality audio output can be obtained, can be realized.

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  1. Vorrichtung zur Rauschreduzierung, welche aufweist:
    Rauscherfassungsmittel (110, 111, 112) zum Erfassen eines in einem demodulierten Audiosignal enthaltenen Rauschens;
    erste Korrekturmittel (12, 14, 120) zum Korrigieren des Rauschens entsprechend einem Signalwert, der unmittelbar vor und unmittelbar nach einer vorbestimmten Periode existiert, welche vorbestimmte Periode eine Zeit enthält, zu der das von den Rauscherfassungsmitteln erfasst Rauschen in dem demodulierten Audiosignal erzeugt wurde;
    zweite Korrekturmittel (13, 15, 130) zum Korrigieren des Rauschens gemäß zumindest einem der Werte der demodulierten Audiosignale, die jeweils vor und nach der vorbestimmten Periode geglättet werden;
    Hochbandpegel-Erfassungsmittel (16, 19, 170, 190) zum Erfassen des Pegels einer Hochbandkomponente des Audiosignals; und
    Auswahlmittel (28, 200, 201, 400) zum Auswählen entweder der ersten oder der zweiten Korrekturmittel gemäß dem Ausgangssignal der Hochbandpegel-Erfassungsmittel.
  2. Vorrichtung zur Rauschreduzierung nach Anspruch 1, bei der
    die ersten Korrekturmittel (12, 14, 120) ausgebildet sind zum Ausgeben eines Tiefpassfilter-Ausgangssignals mit einem Signalwert, der durch eine lineare Interpolation von zwei Signalwerten, die unmittelbar vor und unmittelbar nach der vorbestimmten Periode existieren, erhalten wurde, als ein Korrektursignal.
  3. Vorrichtung zur Rauschreduzierung nach Anspruch 1, bei der
    die zweiten Korrekturmittel (13, 15, 130) ausgebildet sind zum Ausgeben eines Tiefpassfilter-Ausgangssignals mit dem Signalwert, der erhalten wurde durch die lineare Interpolation von zwei Durchschnittssignalwerten, die erhalten wurden durch Bildung des Durchschnitts mehrerer Signalwerte, die vor und nach der vorbestimmten Periode existieren, entsprechend jedem vor und nach der Erzeugung des Rauschens.
  4. Vorrichtung zur Rauschreduzierung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, weiterhin aufweisend:
    Pegelerfassungsmittel (16, 18, 160, 180) zum Erfassen des Gesamtbandpegels in dem demodulierten Audiosignal, worin
    die Auswahlmittel (28, 200, 201, 400) ausgebildet sind, um entsprechend einer Beziehung zwischen einem Verhältnis des von den Hochbandpegel-Erfassungsmitteln (16, 19, 170, 190) ausgegebenen Pegels zu dem von den Pegelerfassungsmitteln ausgegebenen Pegel und einem vorbestimmten Wert betätigt zu werden.
  5. Vorrichtung zur Rauschreduzierung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, bei der
    die Erfassungsempfindlichkeit der Rauscherfassungsmittel (110, 111, 112) entsprechend dem Ausgangspegel der Hochbandpegel-Erfassungsmittel veränderbar ist.
  6. Vorrichtung zur Rauschreduzierung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, bei der
    die Auswahlmittel (28, 200, 201, 400) ein Tiefpassfilter zum Herausziehen einer Niedrigfrequenzkomponente des demodulierten Audiosignals enthalten, und worin
    die zweiten Korrekturmittel (13, 15, 130) mit Mitteln versehen sind, die ausgebildet sind zum Korrigieren der Erzeugungsperiode des Rauschens in dem demodulierten Audiosignal durch Halten des Ausgangssignals eines Tiefpassfilters.
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